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1INT. ALAN TURING’S HOUSE - DAY - 1951

A HALF-DOZEN POLICE OFFICERS swarm the Manchester home of mathematics professor Alan Turing.

ALAN TURING (V.O.)

Good. This is going to go very

quickly now. If you are not

listening carefully, you will miss

things. Important things. You’re

writing some of this down? That’s

good.

INSIDE ALAN’S HOUSE: There's been a break-in, and the house is a mess - someone has given it a pretty thorough once-over.

ALAN TURING (V.O.)

I will not pause, I will not repeat

myself, and you will not interrupt

me. If you ask me a question, I

will ignore it. You think that

because you’re sitting where you

are, and I am sitting where I am,

that you are in control of what is

about to happen. You’re mistaken. I

am in control, because I know

things that you do not know.

PAPERS inked black with mathematical symbols litter the floor. The test tubes and beakers of Turing's chemical work are shattered in the study, CYANIDE and POTASSIUM NITRATE DRIPPING ACROSS THE UGLY CARPET.

ALAN TURING (V.O.)

What I will need from you now is a

commitment. You will listen

closely, and you will not judge me.

And, in the corner: A MACHINE. It’s the size of a dresser, tall, sprouting VACUUM TUBES and WIRES. It looks anachronistic here, too futuristic for its time.

The CONSTABLES LOOK AT THE MACHINE, CONFUSED: What is that thing?

ALAN TURING (V.O.)

When I am finished — when I have

told you that I am finished — you

are free to think whatever you

like. But until then, you will